Two more Indian airline pilots have been arrested for using fake qualifications to gain their flying licences, as regulators delve into a growing aviation safety scandal.

After the men were detained yesterday in the western city of Jaipur, local anti-corruption police chief Umesh Mishra said the two men had obtained their licences by “submitting forged flying certificates.”

The two arrested pilots worked for the low-cost airline SpiceJet before they were fired last week for “misrepresenting their flying hours in order to obtain their licences,” according to a statement from the airline.